Luke 11:49

⁴⁷ Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

⁴⁸ Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

⁵⁰ That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

⁵¹ From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
KJV: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
WEB: Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
ASV: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;
DARBY: For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
BLB: Because of this also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

ÅB: Derfor sa også Guds visdom: Jeg vil sende profeter og apostler til dem, og noen av dem skal de slå ihjel, og noen skal de forfølge,
OTB: Av denne grunn sa Guds visdom: 'Jeg vil sende dem profeter og apostler, noen av dem vil de drepe og andre vil de forfølge,'
B1930: Derfor sa også Guds visdom: Jeg vil sende profeter og apostler til dem, og nogen av dem skal de slå ihjel, og nogen skal de forfølge,

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Cross references

1 Corinthians 1:30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
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Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
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1 Corinthians 1:24
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
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Acts 9:1–2
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
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Acts 22:20
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
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Acts 7:57–8:1
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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